Osteopathic operating-table.



'1. w. MACKLIN.

OSTEOPATHXC OPERATING TABLE.

'APPLICATION FIFED JUNE 25.1914.

Patented June 22; 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTG-LITHO WASHINGTON, D. C,

TINT

JESSE W. MACKLIN, 0F STUART, IOWA.

OSTEOPATHIC OPERATING-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Application filed .Tune 25, 1914. Serial No. 847,342.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jnssn W. MAOKLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stuart, in the county of Guthrie and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Osteopathic Operating -Table, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an osteopathic operating table of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

More particularly it is my object to provide a table of the kind mentioned divided into sections suitably connected for supporting the body of a patient in various reclining positions.

A further object is to provide such a table so constructed as to make it possible to employ power for imparting a variety of motions to the body of a patient.

My invention consists in certain details, in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, where by the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a longitudinal, vertical sectional view through an operating table embodying my invention taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 shows a vertical, transverse, sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows a detail, horizontal, sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows a detail, sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 shows a detail, sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally the frame of my improved operating table.

The frame 10 is provided with longitudinal side members 11 on the opposite sides of its upper portionand with longitudinal side members 12 outside the respective members 11 and extending to positions above the levels of the upper surfaces of the members 11, as shown in Fig. 2.

Slidably mounted on the members 11 are transverse members 13 and 14 which support a central table section 15 preferably covered with some soft material 16. Hinged at the rear end of the member 15 is a similar table member 17. Pivoted to the rear lower surface of the member 17 is a curved rack 18 adapted to coact with a transverse rod 19 for holding the rear end of the member 17 in various positions.

Slidably mounted on the members 11, between the members 12 is another transverse member 20. Secured to the member 20 is a plate 21, one edge of which is received in the notch in the upper surface of the member 14 and bolted to said member 14. The member 15 rests upon the member 14.

Mounted upon the member 21, by means of a bolt 22, and arranged to rotate with relation to said member 21, is a plate 23 to which is hinged a front table member 24. Mounted on the under surface of the member 24 is a longitudinally arranged guideway 25 in which is slidably mounted a block 26 on which is formed a socket 27 receiving the bolt 28 on the rod 29 hereinafter referred to.

Mounted upon the lower part of the frame is a motor 30, the shaft of which is extended transversely across the lower portion of the frame, and on said shaft is formed a Worm gear 31 in mesh with the gear 32 fixed on the shaft 33. The shaft 33 is arranged longitudinally on the frame and at its forward end is formed a crank 34 in which is an elongated slot 35. A short shaft 26 is provided with a shoulder 37 adapted to engage the crank 34 and is extended through the slot 35 and mounted on said crank by means of a nut 37 screwed on the screw threaded end of said short shaft 36. The other end of the shaft 36 is rotatably mounted in the lower end of the rod 29, as shown in Fig. 1.

Mounted on the rod 29 near the middle thereof is a sleeve 40 having a lateral extension 41.

At the forward end of the frame 10 is an upright frame member 42 on which is a clamping device comprising plates 43 and 44, and mounted on opposite sides of the member 42 and adapted to slide vertically thereon. The member 42 is provided with a vertical elongated slot 45 in which is mounted a bolt 46 extended through the plates 43 and 44 and through the slot 45. One end of the bolt 46 is screw threaded to receive a screw threaded sleeve 47 on which is formed a hand wheel 48.

In screwing the wheel 48 in difi'erent directions, the clamping device will be loosened or tightened as desired and adjusted vertically on the member 42. The extension. 41 is rotatably mounted in the plate 43.

One of the members 12 is provided with an upwardly extending lug or tooth 49.

Mounted on the under surface of "the table adapted to coact with the lug or tooth 49.

In the practical operation of my improved operating table, the table is first adjusted to the desired position. It will readily be seen that the three sections may be slid longitudinally by raising the member 51 until the teeth 52 and 49 are out of engagement with each other, and then sliding the table members. When the table members have reached the desired position the member 51 is low-- ered and the members 15 and 17 will then be held against longitudinal movement.

The member 17 may be tilted to the desired position and secured in such position by means of the curved rack 18 and the rod 19. It will be seen that by moving the table members toward the forward end of the operating table, the forward end of the member 24 will be raised and that by moving them toward the lower end of the table the forward end of the member 24 will be lowered so that said member 24 may be placed at any desired angle with relation to the member 15.

When the motor 30 is started the crank 34-will be turned, thereby giving to the rod .29 an up and down motion and also a lateral swinging motion. The lower end of the member 24 may turn on the turn table member 23 and may slide longitudinally with the members 23, 21, 20 and 14. The plate 26 travels in the guide 25. By raising and lowering the clamping device the motion imparted to the table member 24 may be varied.

It will readily be seen that a great variety of motion may be imparted to the table member 24 for imparting motion to the body of the patient resting upon the table members. By varying the position of the shaft 26 in the slot 25, the motion transmitted to the table member 24 may be still further varied and controlled. In other words, it will be seen that by varying the position of the clamp device, the lateral movement of the table section will be varied to lengthen or shorten the length of the elliptical path traveled by the table from side to side, while if the position of the shaft 36 be varied, the length of the elliptical path of the table from the top to the bottom will be varied, and a great number of different movements between the possible extremes may be had.

It will be understood that numerous changes may be made in the details of the construction of my operating table without departing from its essential features as set forth in the following claims, and it is my intent to cover by such claims any such changes in construction that may be included within the wording of the claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described, a frame, a table member longitudinally slidable thereon, means for securing said table member in various positions of its movement, a turn table slidably mounted on said frame, a second table member pivotally secured to the rotatable portion of said turn table adjacent to one end of said first table member, and means for imparting reciprocatory vertical motion to said second table member, and for imparting lateral reciprocatory motion to said second table member.

2. In a device of the class described, a frame, a table member longitudinally slidable thereon, means for securing said table member in various positions of its movement, a turn table slidably mounted on said frame, a second table member pivotally secured to the rotatable portion of said turn table adjacent to one end of said first table member, and means for imparting reciprocatory lateral movement to said second table member.

3. In a device of the class described, a frame, a table member longitudinally slidable thereon, means for securing said table member in various positions of its movement, aturn table slidably mounted on said frame, a second table member pivotally secured to the rotatable portion of said turn table adjacent to one end of said first table member, and means for imparting reciprocatory lateral movement to said second table member, said means being capable of adjustment for varying the degree of lateral movement so imparted.

4. In a device of the class described, a frame, a table member longitudinally slidable thereon, means for securing said table member in various positions of its movement, a turn table slidably mounted on said frame, a second table member pivotally scoured to the rotatable portion of said turn table adjacent to one end of said first table member, and means for imparting reciprocatory vertical motion to said second table member and for imparting lateral reciprocatory motion to said second table member, said means being capable of adjustment for varying the degree of vertical movement so imparted and the degree of lateral movement so imparted.

5. In a device of the class described, a frame, a table member longitudinally slidable thereon, means for securing said table member in various positions of its movement, a turn table slidably mounted on said frame, a second table member pivotally secured to the rotatable portion of said turn table adjacent to one end of said first table member, means for imparting reciprocatory vertical motion to said second table member, a third table member pivoted to said first table member at its end opposite said second table member and means for securing said third table member in various positions of its pivotal adjustment.

6. In a device of the class described, a frame, a table member mounted thereon, a second table member arranged with one end adjacent to said first table member and 10 pivoted With relation thereto, and means for simultaneously imparting a reciprocatory vertical movement and a reciprocatory lateral movement to said second table member.

DR. JESSE W. MACKLIN. Witnesses:

M. WALLACE, S. ROBINSON.

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